Conductor clamp



I June l7, 1930. N WAHLBERG 1,764,429

CONDUCTOR CLAMP Filed April 6, 1927 f UNITED, STA

I liatien t e cl June 17, 1930 nits A. WAI-ILBERG, or WILKINSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 'Assienon :ro wnsrmenonsn i ELECTRIC & MANUFACTURING coMPAnsaA'oonroRA rIon orarnnnsvnvenra ooNDUc'roa-oLAMr Application filed April 6, 1927. Seria1 No.= 131,333.y

i invention relates'to conductor clamps,

and particularly to clamps for mounting high-voltage transmission lines.

:One object of my invention is to provide j a clamp of the'above-indioated character that, shall embody" means for 1 selectively mounting it in different Ways.

Another object of' my invention is to f; Q provide a conductor clamp that shall facilitate mounting the conductor. and be easy to manipulate.

I cA' further object of my invention is, to

provide a combined angular strain. and

i 3; dead-end clamp that shall be simple and 15 durable in construction,economical to manli ufacture and effective in its operation.-

I V i V In. high-voltage, transmission line, sup- 1 I porting. clamps, 1t is'usual to carry stocks of clamps of different types for various {20" kinds of service, such as those in which a "supportinglink "is, disposed in alignment p ahgnmentfwithfthe axis of the main u mounted as a clamp of different types and that shall facilitate its .mounting,in addition to embodying features which render it economical, durable and effective in operation. i

' Figure 1, of the accompanying drawing, y is a side elevational view of a transmission- .line clamp embodying my invention,- and Fig. 2-is an enlarged view taken along the line IIII of Fig.- 1. v

45 V The device comprises, in general, a channel portion 2 for the reception of a conductor 3, a pair of relatively small lips l at opposite sides of the conductor adjacent to one end of the channel Q, a larger lip 5 adjacent to the other end of the channel 2,

5 I provide a clamp that may be selectively:

' carried.

mounting portions was-i for acetates members 10'; i

with" ailink' gene 'a clamp n "member "or x qrt e mp s;la vi r ecting' portions 6' and-Ta central I under 'fre away,fron 1 theconductor-receiving(portion t 2, whereby the: "conductor-"may bef dead-1 i ended fat, or by-passedl around,*aninsulator i 2 The mounting portions 7 and i8" ar in formed on aweb extension; 14' and are i di-y' thereof. 2

' (notishown) at theouter end.o'f thelink'9i V the'form of" apertured bosses that are agon'ally disposed twithfreference":to the f i I clamp and approximately oneend I 1 dicated by broken I lines.

be-mountedat anangle to sai di igy finr v Inthe above-d scribedstructure,thejicom ductor 3maintains its position betweenthe parts2, 4c, 5 and 14 whiletheme'mber or members 10 and'bolts 12 are beingmounted t I,

and without manual holding, as in clamps heretofore employed;

The clamp is exceedingly simple, comv pact, neat and rugged in structure, veconomical to! manufacture, easy; to manipulate and effective in its ioperat on as well as providing a variety of clamps in one devicev stocks thereof necessary tobe' p to reduce the WhileI have shown and described a ticular' form of my inventiorn'changes may .t as

be effected therein/without departing from ing the conductor to said portion and means 5 ductor-receiving portion', means 'for clampadjacent to onejen'd ;of;the clamp'having diagonally related portions for receivinga mounting link in different angularly-related positions, in one of which positions the link is substantially in alignment with the conductor when under tension.

2. A conductor clamp comprising a conductor-receiving portion including a portion adjacent to one end thereof, having diagonal- 1y located apertured portions for attaching the clamp toa mounting link, said link being'thus adapted to have different angularly-related. positions, .in one of which it'is substantially in alignment with the conductor when under tension, and means for clamping the conductor to said receiving;

portion.

3. A transmission-line-conductor clamp comprising means for clamp ng a conductor I p including a member for extensionlalong a span section of the conductor and permits ting another portion of the conductor to extend laterally to said span section adja centto the clamp, and means Ion-receiving a mounting link indifferent angularly related positions, in one of which'the link is substantially inalignment with said span section oftheconductor under tensionsl'oad conditions. 7

7 A transmission line conductor clamp comprising means for clamping .a conductor including 7 av conductor-receiving member for extension along a span sectlon of. the conductor and having a laterally curved portion along which another portion of the conductor extends and amounting link, said channel member including means for receiving said link in different angularly-related positions, inone of which the link is substantially in alignment with said span section of the conductor undertension-load conditions. 1

' In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name'this 31st day of March,

NILS A. WAHLBERG.

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